Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:15:06 +0400 From: Lev Serebryakov <lev@freebsd.org> To: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD problems and preliminary ways to solve Message-ID: <368496955.20110820101506@serebryakov.spb.ru> In-Reply-To: <20110819172252.GE88904@in-addr.com> References: <slrnj4oiiq.21rg.vadim_nuclight@kernblitz.nuclight.avtf.net> <810527321.20110819123700@serebryakov.spb.ru> <201108191401.23083.pieter@degoeje.nl> <425884435.20110819175307@serebryakov.spb.ru> <20110819172252.GE88904@in-addr.com>
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Hello, Gary. You wrote 19 =E0=E2=E3=F3=F1=F2=E0 2011 =E3., 21:22:52: >> >> > The niche for routers & traffic analysis is still ours. It would= be >> >> > nice to take e.g. pfSense and agree with some vendor (Netgear, >> >> > D-Link, etc) to put on sale hardware with FreeBSD inside. >> >>=20 >> >> What about 10G routing? Here are reports about full-bandwidth 10G r= outing >> >> on modern Intel NICs with Linux (and multi-core server), but I didn't= see >> >> any such data for FreeBSD, and somebody says, that Intel drivers and >> >> network stack is not so good parallel in FreeBSD. >> > With regards to high speed packet forwarding and routing, check out th= is work >> > by Luigi Rizzo: >> > http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/netmap/ >> Yep, I know this work, but it is rather special, not out-of-box (ok, >> maybe with some changed tunables) routing solution with routing >> tables, some firewall, etc. > I think we need to refocus on what would give the most benefit. At least > as far as I can see: > - port/package management: most users would benefit > - improved virtualisation support: a lot of users would benefit > - improved driver support: a lot of users would benefit > - KMS/GEM for better graphics card support: a lot of users would benefit > Can you honestly say the same about handling line rate packet forwarding > for multiple 10G cards? I agree with you. I've not say, that 10G routing is very important for many users. My comment about 10G was answer to statement, that "The niche for routers & traffic analysis is still ours.". I wanted to say, that it is so may be now, but not for long. --=20 // Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <lev@serebryakov.spb.ru>
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